| Fairy Tales Framed: Early Forewords, Afterwords, and Critical Words Contributor(s): Bottigheimer, Ruth B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438442211 ISBN-13: 9781438442211 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| LCCN: 2011025264 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Most early fairy tale authors had a lot to say about what they wrote. Charles Perrault explained his sources and recounted friends' reactions. His niece Marie-Jeanne Lh ritier and her friend Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy used dedications and commentaries to situate their tales socially and culturally, while the raffish Henriette Julie de Murat accused them all of taking their plots from the Italian writer Giovan Francesco Straparola and admitted to borrowing from the Italians herself. These reflections shed a bright light on both the tales and on their composition, but in every case, they were removed soon after their first publication. Remaining largely unknown, their absence created empty space that later readers filled with their own views about the conditions of production and reception of the tales. What their authors had to say about "Puss in Boots," "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Rapunzel," among many other fairy tales, is collected here for the first time, newly translated and accompanied by rich annotations. Also included are revealing commentaries from the authors' literary contemporaries. As a whole, these forewords, afterwords, and critical words directly address issues that inform the contemporary study of European fairy tales, including traditional folkloristic concerns about fairy tale origins and performance, as well as questions of literary aesthetics and historical context. |